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AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

Several people on XS from different countries have said that stores there have said the stores have announced that tomorrow they'll have HD4850's to sell.
 
See these posts.


Gibbo where are you?!?


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3069144&postcount=2930


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3069200&postcount=2944


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3069201&postcount=2945


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3069209&postcount=2948


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Azza says:
do you know if OcUK are selling 4850 cards tomorrow?

word from EU is that they are going to start selling tomorrow there?

Azza says:
but the last news there was, was that they wernt being sold until 23rd

Yewen says:
release day is a bit off yet

Yewen says:
cant say anymore

Yewen says:
its worth waiting for though imo
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Better not be lying Yewen. :p
 
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easyrider said:
Single 4850 is no faster than a 8800GT


so xfire 4850 or SLI 8800GT its swings and roundabouts


Mark my words 2 x 4850 will not be 280 territory .
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'mark my words' lol @ you :D.

Go over to tweak town and see their article on how they're disappointed with the GTX280, and how it would have been impressive had they not used 4850 crossfire first. Actually, I'll save you the trouble and link it myself : link, now if 2 4850s are doing well on pre-release drivers, imagine how they're be in a few months.

Tweak Town said:
The thing is that the people who review these cards and the people who buy them are gamers; they’re the market you need to be aiming to please. I was looking forward to the release of the GTX 280 as I was hoping it would pull me away from my consoles and get me stuck into some high res gaming with some ultra smooth FPS. I was wrong, so very very wrong.

The thing is though, I’ve tested the HD 4850, and what’s interesting is that the card is going to be a mid-range solution. But in Crossfire? - Wow! - With the amount of people who have CF boards as well, thanks to the Intel CPU and chipset being the products of choice, this is going to be a great solution.

With that said though, it’s not ground breaking performance in the sense that it’s pushing out numbers we haven’t seen before. See, I’m probably not allowed to say this, but it helps me put my point across a bit better. The GTX 280 is slower than a pair of CrossFired 4850s for the most part; it’s also $250 AUD dearer. The price on the HD 4850 in AUD is around $250, so $500 for a pair while the GTX 280 is starting at $750. So, a pair of 4850s isn’t enough to drag me away from my consoles, but the 4870s should if the 4850 is anything to go by. The best thing about them however is that the value these cards will offer is nothing short of astonishing.
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kylew said:
'mark my words' lol @ you.

Go over to tweak town and see their article on how they're disappointed with the GTX280, and how it would have been impressive had they not used 4850 crossfire first. Actually, I'll save you the trouble and link it myself : link, now if 2 4850s are doing well on pre-release drivers, imagine how they're be in a few months.
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Ouch kicked himself in the foot there.
 
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